Topographical collections relating to Oxfordshire made by Rev. John Pridden

Scope and Content

Topographical collections, in two volumes, by Rev. John Pridden, c. 1780, relating to 'Oxford university and city', especially to Queens College, and 'Oxford city parishes and country parishes'.

Administrative / Biographical History

Rev. John Pridden (1758-1825) was an author and antiquarian. See the Dictionary of National Biography for details.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Bought by the Library in 1929.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

P.S. Spokes, Summary Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library relating to the city, county, and university of Oxford. Accessions from 1916 to 1962 (Oxford, 1964).

Subjects

Geographical Names